Women’s Weekend at Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park

Learning New Tricks

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Donovan spent most of the morning helping participants tackle the intermediate features in the Sport section. “I want you to get over obstacles with skill, not by muscling it,” she told the group. This means learning to stay balanced as you shift your body weight, and assuming a “power position”—wrists rotated forward, elbows up and out—that gives you a wider, more stable stance. As riders took turns working their way through the loop, over and over again, cheers and applause rang through the building—along with the occasional shriek: “I DID IT!”